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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

~ FOR SALE-A desirable small prop.
erty Of lS acres of land, with house and barn
and all in good condition, near Echoltz
Mill will n sold cheap, for further infor-
nation call upon the subscriber,
nnc1Gtf BERNARD COLLIF LOWER.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

rB- Hats and Caps Il ask you just to cx
anime my stock of that goods and compare
prices, from 25cts., up,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

TIE DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoN.-On Sat
urday last the democratic county convention
was held in the City Hail, Frederick and
the following ticket nominated:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

rH- Carlisle Shoes. Just received large
assortment of these celebrated shoes made to
our order for school purposes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13
WASiiINGTON, ID. I
Der. , End, 1887.

Our worthy Mr. EDITOR made mention of
the Q. G. Boy, formerly OF Logs having re-
signed his position in Wayncsboro. Pa and
accepted one in Washington City rs tclc-
graph operator, and since have rs a cores
pOndent been mon est to the readers of The
CLARION for Il lengthy period III try to re.
deem myself by Il line from this beautiful
city.
This CITY presents Il grand and beautiful
appearance now The various streets and
shades Of its many public parks and squares
from the autumnal falling leaf is exceeding
~ pleasing to the eye,
The city is all life now over the busy prep
aration for the reception of Ex-Gov. Alex.
Shepherd who will arrive here the early part
of October. Mr'Shephcrd is to Washington
what Geo. Washington is to the United States
its father. Through his energy and shrcwd
management, Washington WAS lifted from Il
muddy, dirty little town to city second to
none in the world he~removed canals from
the middle of the city, built many OF its most
ccptuI HC 'aohS s'iOiS i''
Washington than any other man ever known
vet with all his good work for this place he
left here poor man, but a warm friend OF the
people of Washington. Movements are in
progress to give him one Of the grandest re-
ceptions ever given one man. The gates OF
the city are to he thrown open to him.
Grand military display and magnificent fire
works costing ten or twelve thousand dol
lars will he displayed rs token ofhis warm
welcome to Washington. Nothing is to be
spared to make It brilliant reception to Ex
Gov. Shepherd.
People from all parts Of the country are
coming in to remain here for winter. The
number and elegant residences IN North
West Washington are Understandable.
Great enthusiasm is manifested here over
the Race between the "Volunteer" an,
thistle "for tho American Cup and hopes
are expressed that our vessel (Foluntcer) vii
prove her superiority over our neighbour
across the Pond, in each success race II,
she did in the first ~The Scotchmen' thinf
the varnlsh on the bottom must have blist-
cred rs they cant see why she did not viii
the first race, II they cant see it we can
America shall live and the stars and stripes
| float.
The first of this week oyercoats were don
ned and ladies' wraps brought out, now W.
have Il siege OF rain.
We hope the Creagcrstown correspondent
will give us n full account Of the Glass Bal
Match that is to take place sorry we can
be there to bring out the Old English G III
and do as we did at Owens Creek-"Brins
home the turkey" by breaking 10 straigh
Balls. Give US full score of all contestants
Let us know if "Harpcrs Ferry" is there witt
his 4S inch muzzlc loader but takes him too
long to look oyer those AZ inches of etcc
and occaisonly the Ball "Stccls' away from
hm-of course 'Linkon Jefferson will
his "Pieper' viii be at the boot with his in
cxnaustihle supply of dry jokes and saving
Guess he'll have DASH alon~ to collect tn
unbroken balls and Basil with the might.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

Chestnuts are coming to town; ten cents
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

Coon Music For The Fair.-rhc Amcrl-
can Band, of this place, has been awarded
che contr.us. to furnish music for the Fred
,.rick County Fair, which begins on Tuesday
NEXT, Oc,NLu 9th and continue four days.
The baud is to receive $l25 for Its four days
scryices.-E'RleS Register.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

New Stock OF CoAL,-Wc arc receiving
our first shipments Of coal; Red Ash and
White Ash, all sizes. There will probably
be an advance in prices Ecxt month and 1t
would be safer to lay in your winter coal
this month. Our prices will be as low as
anv other dealer this we guarantee.
auglStf Stocksd"Ie \ Buss"rd'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

There has been several changes made In
the text books nscd in the public schools:
We have not been able to understand fully
the reason for the changes. 1t will however
save the county some money and if this is so,
the book fees which are onerous charges,
Might bc reduced.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

SCIeoL TAx-Comptroller Turner mahc
the quarterly distribution of the Mary land
school tax en- Nenlay last. The total
amount disa,iLrtcG vas Sl27 $500 ofwhicll
sum the white schools of Frederick county
receive 81. .35, and the colored schools OF
shc same county. $912.01.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

cB- WANTED,-An active man TO can.
vass this county tor the sale of popular
household articlc--on salary or commission.
Address,
Box so,
sept lst7t FREDERICK Md
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

i%- ISEE! l SEE!! That complete
Assortment of Kinks Toilet Soaps at low
prices best Creme Dat Meal Toilet Soap,
very cheap, is kept on hand by
f. l.. BOBLlTZ,
july2lf Mcchanlcsto"n' su.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

Duck GuN.-Dr. NJ. +. Leatherman has
purchased a heavy, double barrel breech load
ing, S-gaugc duck gun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
Familiar Maxims.

1#delphia Times
1here is no printed collection,
kaENn to the writer at least, of the
e inns, proverbs, and trite sayings
cu!fent in our own country. Yet
no other people indulge in
item to greater extent. While
sou1e of these are universal and older
thH1 the Christian era, majority are
0I more recent origin, more in ac-
cordance with the spirit of the age
and with our own peculiar charac-
tesfstics as a people. American char
aesefistics and Institutions are at once
UNIQUE and original, differing in
many respects from anything the
world ever saw before. The Persians,
With their dreamy speculative phil
ososhy, would fail to see the pith or
force of American wise saws, nor
could we any better appreciate their
fA ~ e.,.,~, -, q, ca x,inrra
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14

DIR. Farr, an English scientist, says
tnat if one could watch the march of
100000 people through life the fol-
loving result would be observable
Nearly 100000 will die the first year;
$4,000 the second year $4,000 in the
third year and less than 1000 in the
thirteenth year. At the end of forty
FIVE years 100000 will have died. At
the end of sixty years 10000 will
still be living; at the end of eighty
years, $1,000; at eighty-five, 81 900 /;
and at ninety-five years, 2.1O0. At
the end 100 years there will be 223.
ana at the end of 10S years there will
be- but one survivor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14

Learn to run yOurselfa and be content.
Lazy folks take most pains.
Lose your due, get no thanks.
Live andrlearn.
Liye and let live.
Let not zeal outrun discretion.
Let the devil have his due.
Little cares bring heavy griefs.
Little leaks sink great ships.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Little boats should keep near shore.
Little folks should be seen, not heard.
Listeners hear nc good.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
Where Lightning Strikes.

From statistict collected in parts of
the German Empire. G. Hellmann
finds that the danger from lightning,
though generally increasing. is dimIn-
ishing in certain districts, the risk
becoming less the more closely houses
are clustered. The character of the
soil has great influence. Setting to
represent the danger from lightning
on calcareous ground, will give it
upon marty, 8 upon sandy, and %
upon clayey soil, 1t is curious fact,
not yet explained, that oaks are
struck much more frequently than
other trees so that if the danger for
beeches be l, that for pines is 10, and
for oaks "a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
LAND FOR SALE.

The undersigned desires to sell valuable
tract of land, situated near the North Branch
river and about miles from the w. Va. G. &
u. II. r.. and contains one hundred acres of
good land, well timber and underlaid with a
good vein of coal. About 20 acres are cleared.
A school house is located on this property.
About ~ miles TO church. Title good. Will
be sold on easy terms. -
II 6m& 5. j. SPlKER.
II. O. Address Oakland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
How the Earth Looks.

If we imagine an observer contem-
plating the earth from convenient
distance in space and scrutinizing its
features as it rolls before him, we
may suppose him to be struck with
the fact that eleyen-sixteenths of its
surface are covered with water, and
that the land is so unequally distrib-
uted that from one point of view he
could see hemisphere almost ex-
clusively oceanic, while nearly the
whole of the dry land is gathered in
the opposite hemisphere, He might
observe that the great oceanic area of
the Pacific and Antarctic oceans is
dotted with islandS-like a shallow
pool with stones rising above its sur
fac9-as if its general depth were
small in comparison with its area.
He might also notice that a mass or
belt of land surrounds each pole and
that the northern ring sends off to
the sOuthWard three vast tongues of
land and of mountain chains, termi-
mating respectively in South Amer
lea, South Africa and Australia, to-
ward which feeble and insular pro-
cesses are given off by the Antarctic
continental mass. This, as some
geographers have observed, gives a
rudely three-ribbed aspect to the
earth, though two of the ribs are
crowded together and form the
Europe-Asian mass or double cont.
nent, while the third is isolated in
the single continent of America. He
might also have observed that the
northern girdle is cut across, so that
the Atlantic opens by wide space
into the Arctic sea, while the Pacific
is contracted toward the north, but
continent with the Antarctic Ocean.
The Atlantic is relatively deeper and
less numbered with islands than the
Pacific, which has the higher ridges
near its shores, constituting what
some visitors to the Pacific coast of
America have not inaptly called the
"back of the world" while the wider
slopes face the narrower ocean, into
which for this reason the greater part
Of the drainage of the land is poured.
Tie Pacific and Atlantic, though
both depressions or flattenings of the
earth, are, as we shall find. different
in age, character and conditions land
the Atlantic, though the smaller, is
the older. and from the geological
point of view, in some respects, the
more important of the two. If our
imaginary observer had the means
of knowing anything of the rock for
nations of the continents, he would
notice that those bounding the North
Atlactic are in general of great age,
some belonging to the Laurentian
system. On the other hand, he would
see that many of the mountain ranges
along the Pacific are comparatively
new and that modern igneous action
occurs in connection with them. Thus
he might be led to believe that the
Atlantic. though comparatively mar
row, is an older feature of the earth's
!, surface, while the Pacific belongs to
more modern time.-POpuldr Science
Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14

VINTr can live at home, and make more
VIII money at work for us. than at any
IuII thing else in this world Capital not
1 u needed; you are started free. Both
sexes; all ages, Any one can do the work,
Large earnings sure from first start. Costly
outfit and terms free. Better not delay. Costs
you nothing to send us your address and find
out: if you are wise you will de- so at once.
II. HARTLEY, g. Co., Portland, Maine,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
.rsapne sayings,

reason, the condensed thought OF the
public mind the wisdom of many,
the wit of one. To the ancients they
werp both philosophy and religion,
and even among moderns they go
unchanged, though many of them
are Ialpably false. Such is their cur
rency and force that they serve to
parry thrust or clinch an argument
and thrice armed is he who hath
whole flights of them at his COM
mand.
The following were picked up at
random and arranged alphabetically
under the general term of "wise
saWs:o
A little folly now and then is rel
ished by the best of men.
A game is never won until it's ended.
A fair exchange is no robbery.
A burnt child avoids the fire.
A shoemaker should stick to his last.
A bad oath is better broken than kept.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A short horse is soon curried.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A setting hen never grows fat.
A watched pot never boils.
A miss is as good as mile.
A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush.
A smooth sea never makes skillful
mariners.
A rotten apple infects its companion.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
A drowning man catches at straws.
A new bloom sweeps clean.
A fool for luck.
A penny saved is as good as penny
earned.
A dead Injun is a good Iniun- A
WeSterner.
A fool and his money is soon parted.
A barking dog seldom bites.
A friend in need is friend indeed.
A stream can not rise higher than its
fountain.
A quiet tongue makes a wise head.
An idle brain is the DEVILS workshop.
An honest man is the nobiest work
of God.
An honest confession is good for the
soul.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.
All is fish that comes to my net.
All is not gold that glitters.
All is we'll that ends well.
All is fair in love or war.
AS many opinions as people.
AS the old cock crows the young one
learns.
AS the twig is bent the trees inclined
AS you raise them so you have them
Children.
AS we'll be out of the world as out o.
the fashion.
Artists are born, not made.
Accident will happen in the best o
families.
| Accidents are the results of careless
ness.
Always kick the dog that's under.
An old fox is not easy caught.
A cheerful spirit sweetens toll.
Better wear out than rust out.
Better let well enough alone.
Better late than never.
Better the day better the deed.
Better do it than wish it done.
Better have two cooks than one doc
tor.
Better be at the end of the feast thai
at the beginning of fray.
Better to have the good will even O
dog.
Better to have two strings for on
bow.
Better still to have two beaux.
Be sure of friend before cutting al
old one.
Be sure you are right, then 60 ahead
Be sure your sin will find you out.
Be just before you1are generous.
Begin on the best and you'll alway
have the best.
Bygones have no right to be heard.
Blessings brighten as they take thei
flight,
Birds of a feather flock together.
Biters are sometimes bitten.
Be sure to know what you are tall
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-24

Clerk .; Satds v. MttteF, Esq, SheTfT.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16--Joshua Horner, Jr., vs.
Charles E. Corkran, judgment below in favor of
Corkran; judgment affirmed.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17.-Dominick B. Jessop VS..
Hester A. Dalrymple; argued and held sub curia.
Isaac Jewell vs. George Mallonee; judgment ex-
tended in favor Of plaintiff for $254.11.
MONDAY, SEPT. 19.-Howard Bank VS.. Octavian
L. Mathiot; judgment extended in favor of plain
tiff for $731.99. VIM. Mali VS.. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, action for damages; on trial.
TUESDAY, SEPT 20.-Wm. Mali VS.. and Ohio
Railroad, action for damages settled by defen
dant agreeing to pay plaintiff $4,000 and all COSTS
Medford Goods Company VS.. Alfred A. Chapman;
judgment extended in favor of plaintiff for $2lS.91.
Winston VS.. President, Managers and Company
of the Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike Com
pany removed to Baltimore City Court. State
VS.. Nathan Mather, indicted for selling liquor
Sunday; plea of guilty confessed; fine $50 and
costs.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21.-Joseph Smallwood VS..
John O'Brien removed to Court of Common Pleas.
Mary E. johnson VS.. James Oler; judgment of
non pros. Michael Bannon has filed creditors
bill against Benjamin Comegys, administrator of
Evelina M. Comegys, and others, to recover
claim of 50, 100, with interest from December A,
1870.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22.-Elizabeth Flaherty vs.
James II. McNeal; judgment for plaintiff for
$1,205. A. Schultz & Co. vs.. Morling, Meyer
Co.; removed to the Court of Common Pleas, Bal
timore. The Geiser Manufacturing Company VS..
Thomas R. Stewart and Peter Hibler; judgment
for plaintiff for $32l.40. Henry S. Pitts vs..
Joshua II. Cockey; judgment for plaintiff for
S14390. Sophia Robal VS.. Otto Werner; judg-
ment of non suit. John S. Smith vs. Cyrus Cof-
fer; judgment of non pros. Jane A. Wisner VS..
John E. Bull; ON trial before jury. J. Vernon
Campbell VS.. Robert F. Burton; case docketed
by consent, and judgment in favor of plaintiff
for the sum of $500.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-24
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

Secretary Endicott has his photograph taken
more frequently than any other official at the
capital.
George Alfred Townsend has purchased of a
farmer residing near Sharpsburg, Md, q clock
manufactured in Switzerland in 1862.
Anarchist Johann Most's speech in New York
is said to have been the most violent he ever de-
livered in public. He wants blood of the blood
lest kind.
"A woman who a few years ago was private
secretary to James G. Blaine and admired by
everybody, is now working in Haverhill (Mass.)
restaurant.
George Westinghouse, Jr., inventor of the
air-brake, is worth S9,000000. "This is, perhaps,
the largest fortune ever made out of wind" says
the Atlanta Constitution.
Congressman w. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania,
recently made President Cleveland a present of
10000 Havana cigars. There were ten different
sizes of cigars, 1000 of each size.
Mrs. Logan expects to remove the dead gen.
erals remains to their final resting place in Chica
go, in a short time. The vault in which they now
rest in Washington is guarded night and day by
detachment of regular troops.
William A. Washington, the nearest relative
of George Washington, died at his home in Owens
boro, KY, few days ago. He was born in Vir-
ginia, April 3, 1900, and emigrated to Kentucky
in 1872. He was an accomplished gentleman,
worthy of his illustrious name.
james G. Blaine, Jr., has recovered his lost
French poodle and can again allow his giant in
tellect to wreste with the mysteries of cigarettes
and pool. "Thats all rot" he said yesterday
"about the Governors sending him to me 1 got
him from friend ""The Governor" is Mr.. Baine's
afectionate title for his sire.
Rev. Joseph Parker prefers to preach from a
pulpit rather than from a platform. On plat
form he says mans legs are painfully conspicu-
Gus, and his boots have mean look. "How,"
he asks, "can a man do a retail trade without q
counter !" By pulpits he means "little wooden
structures, shaped like wine-glass."
Colonel Andrew Jackson, son of the adopted
son OF. Old Hickory, is now of fifty years of
age. Colonel Jackson is graduate of West
Point, and was in the regular army when the civil
war broke out. lie resigned to join the Confed-
crate army, and at the time of the fall of Vicks-
burg had charge of the defences along the Mis-
sissippi.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-24
Some Pithy Paragraphs.
PhiLn. Irnnea- Dam

Phtta. Times, lem.
The red flag, so far as this country is con-
cerned, is beginning to look blue.
The campaign slip, like the cholera and mid
night cat, is around again on schedule time.
Anarchist John Most will thank the fate that
cast his lot in New York instead of Chicago.
When bank booder skips to Canada now it
is in order to ask, Was it the lady or the tiger?
The coke-strikers have begun to strike So fast
that there is some danger of their hitting each
other.
The fact that the Chicago Anarchists are to
hang translates the Constitution of the United
States into universal language.
If Gould gets all the telegraph wires in the
country Blaine may be elected for two weeks after
election next year instead of one.
Mr.. Manly's visit to New Hampshire was for
the purpose Of securing solid delegation to that
State for the magnetic man of Maine. This fact is
recorded merely to prove that Mr.. Blaine is not
in politics, as the irreverent scribes insist.
Frank McNealy, the young bank defaulter
of Maine, received five dollars week salary till
last June, when the directors increased it to six
dollars. There is counterfeit economy that looks
so much like the real thing that fools can't tell
the difference.
There is rumor to the effect that Speaker
Carlisle will not accept e-election to the presid-
ing officers chair, but it has created no panic as
yet. Like some of the other things with which
the Speakers name is mentioned, the rumor has
considerable moonshne in it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-24
The Highest Compliment in Montana
Chicnao Mail.


Luther Latin Mills, ex-State's Attorney, has
been out in the mountains of Montana. After his
arrival at Butte City he anxious to see one of
the characters which has given the West litera-
ture peculiar to itself. He didn't have far to
walk, for the mountains run right down into the
street of Butte. Above crown of snow, regal in
the sun the year out; below the treasures which
make men everything except contented, Mr.. Mills
came upon one of those miners in whose grasp
there was something higher than any "order''
ever gave. Having stopped the old man and
looked into his face, that appeared as honest
as the hills, Mr.. Mills said:
"I am looking for man by the name of Yed
Smith. Do you know anything about him, sir p
"Is he friend of yourn ?" was the quick
query.
81 hope he is" replied Mr.. Mills.
The old man looked the Chicago lawyer in the
face just moment, and answered:
"Well, stranger, know him. And he'll stand
without hitchin'"
That was tribute from the heart. Education
would have spoiled the thought.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-24
The Reisterstown Tournament.-Messy,

The Reisterstown Messrs.
Editors The tournament which was to have
taken place at Reisterstown on Tuesday of last
week, and which was prevented by the bad wealth
er alone, much to the regret of those engaged in
getting it up, as we'll as the public, who have for
several years patronized with enjoyment similar
ones at the same place. has been re-advertized for
Tuesday, October 18th. The Reisterstown Register
asserts that the affair was failure and attributes
it to the fact that it was not heralded in the ex-
tensive columns of that paper, and complains that
the hand bills, which were SO promptly and
widely circulated, were not the handiwork of the
Register printing Office. Perhaps the business
manager of this Wanting little sheet has some
private arrangement with the weather-clerk, by
which all amusements advertised in its columns
can DO made to harmonize with fair winds and
sunshine. If so, what fatal mistake the mana
gers have made in not giving the "job" to that
paper. Self-assurance and pride are always COM
mendable to certain extent; it is also always
amusing to hear bantam crow, but the tourna-
ment will come off call the same," Mr.. Register,
and there will be many in attendance who have
rarely even heard of your paper.
The Register is q Boosting bird,
With wings of self-sung fame;
The Tournament has no wings at all,
But will get there just the same.
GOLD SPORT"